Reflections of leadership, agencies, start-ups, operations, and tech.
On May 12th 2014 I started a new adventure as CEO of BLiNQ Media, and 18 days later I couldn't be happier with the decision I made to take this role. I feel incredibly privileged to be leading a group of very talented BLiNQers who have welcomed me into their family. The past few weeks... Continue Reading →
Today (May 9th 2014) was my last day at the agency I co-founded nearly 16 years ago (November 1998); it was bittersweet and difficult to leave my work-home. After 15 years and 6 months with the "same" agency (Spunlogic, Engauge, Moxie), it's time for me to explore a new chapter in my life/career. I've loved... Continue Reading →
I just spent last week at CES in Las Vegas and had an absolutely amazing time. This years trip to CES was a little different as I had access to Publicis Groupe events and private parties. Needless to say, I'm just now recovering from the parties! Here are some of the highlights from CES for... Continue Reading →
Over the last 12 to 16 months I per-ordered a number of products and have received them. In general I've been really happy with what I got. Pre-ordering is becoming more common, but I'd say that I'd never really done it until I went to CES a few years ago and got excited about specific... Continue Reading →
I never thought I'd go back to school, yet I just took the crazy, and somewhat unplanned, leap and enrolled at Georgia State University, Robin College of Business to get my Executive MBA. Many of my friends, fellow entrepreneurs, and investors questioned why I was doing this. It's a fair question. I'm 37 years old,... Continue Reading →
My friend Jeff Hilimire and my first business partner is leaving the roots of the company we co-founded some 14 years and 10 months ago today. It's a sad moment for me (and him) as we've shared a journey and this is the first time in our professional careers we'll be apart. We have been... Continue Reading →
Five years and four months after selling my first agency, Spunlogic, to Halyard Capital, Jeff Hilimire, Raghu Kakarala, and I just helped sell Engauge to Publicis Groupe (Press Release). The past five years have been a learning journey for me and I'm a better entrepreneur and executive because of my experience with Engauge. It's an... Continue Reading →
So Jeff Hilimire and now Donovan Panone have challenged me to write about my five truths. I think Drew Hawkins originally challenged Jeff, so the I'm next in line. I hope this is the first and last blog challenge from these guys. So here are my five: Truth #1 – I have no regrets. I've... Continue Reading →
My friend and old business partner, Jeff Hilimire, recently sent me an article about Pave, the crowdfunding platform for investing in people. Pave's approach differs from crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter that focus on the idea or product where you fund the startup and get ownership of the product or similar. Alternatively, Pave allows you to... Continue Reading →
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnAiT-HWrHM Engauge's DIG group asked a few of us to define "Innovation" on the fly. I came up with "Innovation is discovering the unknown when you're looking for it". The beer in my hand may have helped, but I think there is something to be said about "discovering the unknown when your looking for it".... Continue Reading →
I had a fun meeting with three guys from a start-up I'm looking at investing in; it made me re-live my own start-up days and I realized I'm envious of their road ahead. One of the guys asked me how to establish a culture in a start-up. My answer was, "it depends on the size... Continue Reading →
I found myself referencing the term "Sought After" to a start-up I'm advising; I was trying to give them a good example of an essence or driving focus for a start-up or growing company to strive to. A rallying point that helps provide direction regardless of the current marketing conditions, trends, or day to day... Continue Reading →
I started off on a Mac when I was 15 (1991) and fell in love with Apple's GUI and all that was Apple. I started designing and experimenting with my Apple and always felt like a trend setter with my Mac. When I started my company, Spunlogic, in 1998, I traveled around the world designing... Continue Reading →
Apple is rumored to have well over 200 million+ users on iTunes with registered credit cards. That would make future iPhones enabled with Near Field Communications (NFC) chips an absolute dominator in mobile payments. So what’s the hold up? It’s rumored that Apple believes NFC standards are not wide spread enough and might be developing... Continue Reading →
Wow, after watching this video my perception of the future just dramatically changed. I know we all say we live in a digital world; everyone is connected to the internet, we all have cell phones, and pretty much everyone I know is connected to a social network of some sort. I’d like to think I... Continue Reading →
Published on February 24th, MobileMarketer.com Distressed inventory in the travel business is the unsold hotel rooms and airplane seats that become available at the last minute on travel Web sites at fire-sale prices. But a hotel manager in the near future could be relying on a proximity-based bidding network to convert a cancellation into a... Continue Reading →
I recently wrote a guest column for MobileMarketer.com. The topic was making sure that SMS messages comply with carrier rules – something that seems straightforward … however, it’s anything but. This topic is definitely something I think our blog readers will find interesting, so you’ll find the article below. Also, make sure to the check... Continue Reading →
Amy Griswold and I just attended the sixth annual SilverPOP conference at Stone Mountain last week (05/13/2008). Like most vendor-customer conferences, I’m often somewhat skeptical about what I’m going to learn about email marketing in general. Most of the time, I attend these conferences to better understand new features that are being released, and to... Continue Reading →
It somehow feels wrong to promote Microsoft in general, but lately I’ve been wowed by some of their innovative products and software. I expect this out of Apple or Google, but when I saw previews online of Microsoft Surface from CES 2008 earlier in the year, I was wowed. It also got me wondering if... Continue Reading →
I don’t often watch South Park, but when a friend sent me this clip I had to share it with everyone. As I watched, it dawned on me how much we rely on the internet these days, and nothing can illustrate it better than this clip. Click on the picture above, or visit this link... Continue Reading →
Raj Choudhury - Atlanta 